Linux

The following process walks through how to mount an Apple Disk Image, or more commonly known as a .dmg file. This process walks through mounting the HFS section of a .dmg file on a Linux system to allow the extraction of files for further analysis. Step 1 - Checking The File Type To begin with, I usually check what type of .dmg file it is with the "file" command. This is done to understand if it is a compressed or uncompressed .dmg file. $ file application.dmg The output you could typically expect could be: application.dmg: data which…